Synonyms for buckle
ˈbʌk əlbuck·le

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1. bucklenoun

   fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap; often has loose prong

   Synonyms:
   warp

   Antonyms:
   unbuckle

2. warp, buckleverb

   a shape distorted by twisting or folding

   Synonyms:
   warping, warp, deflection

   Antonyms:
   unbuckle

3. buckle, claspverb

   fasten with a buckle or buckles

   Synonyms:
   crumple, heave, brooch, clasp, warp

   Antonyms:
   unbuckle

4. buckle, crumpleverb

   fold or collapse

   "His knees buckled"

   Synonyms:
   break down, heave, clasp, knit, crease, tumble, crumple, crinkle, collapse, crumble, rumple, pucker, wrinkle, cockle, warp

   Antonyms:
   unbuckle

5. heave, buckle, warpverb

   bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat

   "The highway buckled during the heat wave"

   Synonyms:
   warp, heave, gag, gasp, clasp, pant, falsify, distort, heft up, garble, puff, heft, billow, retch, surge, crumple, heave up

   Antonyms:
   unbuckle

Matched Categories

1. • Change Surface
   • Collapse
   • Fasten
   • Fastener

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1. buckleverb

   Synonyms:
   fasten with a buckle

2. buckleverb

   Synonyms:
   bend, bow

3. buckleverb

   Synonyms:
   [Rare.] struggle, contend, strive

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1. List of paraphrases for "buckle":

   loop, earring, curl

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How to use buckle in a sentence?

1. Stephen Colbert:

   You really feel the ground shifting under your feet, but if you're home, you've got a seatbelt on your couch. No. 1, why ? No. 2, buckle up.

2. Shelby Smith:

   Either buckle under the pressure or I can pick myself up and make a new normal.

3. Narushige Michishita:

   If South Korea realizes that Japan is resolved to maintain the firm stance, that will give them an incentive to buckle down and decide what they should do now.

4. Shyam Saran:

   No one man is in charge. It’s a negotiating team, sometimes the India team does get preoccupied by having to fend off all these attacks, but they will not buckle under finger pointing from a small group of Western countries.

5. Barack Obama:

   Democracy can buckle when we give in to fear, so just as we, as citizens, must remain vigilant against external aggression, we must guard against a weakening of the values that make us who we are.